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DEFINITION:
Largest cities including most recent population (estimates included). Populations are figures only within the city limits, unless otherwise specified. All populations are from 2001 t0 2005 unless otherwise specified.
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COUNTRY | DESCRIPTION |
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Afghanistan | Kabul - (est. 3,000,000 to 4,000,000) |
Albania | Tirane - 300,000 |
Algeria | Algiers - 1,519,570 (1998) |
Andorra | Andorra la Vella - 22,390 |
Angola | Luanda - 2,000,000 |
Antigua and Barbuda | St. John's - 21,514 |
Argentina | Buenos Aires (city) - 3,000,000; (metro) - 12,000,000 |
Armenia | Yerevan - 1,226,000 |
Australia | Sydney - 4,350,986 |
Austria | Vienna - 1,600,000 |
Azerbaijan | Baku - 1,713,300 |
Bahrain | Manama - 140,401 |
Bangladesh | Dhaka (city) - 3,839,000; (metro area) 8,500,000 |
Barbados | Bridgetown - 6,700 |
Belarus | Minsk - 1,666,000 |
Belgium | Brussels - 949,070 |
Belize | Belmopan - 5,845 |
Benin | Porto-Novo - 177,660 |
Bhutan | Thimphu - 30,340 |
Bolivia | La Paz - 713,400 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo - 310,000 |
Botswana | Gaborone - 138,000 |
Brazil | São Paulo - (est. 10,000,000) |
Brunei | Darussalam Bandar Seri Begawan - 52,300 |
Bulgaria | Sofia - 1,113,674 |
Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou - 500,000 |
Burma | Rangoon - 4,082,000 |
Burundi | Bujumbura - 300,000 |
Cambodia | Phnom Penh - 900,000 |
Cameroon | Douala - (est. 2,000,000 to 2,500,000) |
Canada | Toronto - 2,481,494 |
Cape Verde | Praia - 61,797 |
Central African Republic | Bangui - 706,000 |
Chad | N'Djamena - 529,555 |
Chile | Santiago - 5,800,434 |
China | Shanghai - 17,420,000 |
Colombia | Bogotá - 1,945,448 |
Comoros | Moroni (on Grande Comoro) - 23,432 |
Congo, Republic of the | Brazzaville - 937,580 |
Costa Rica | San Jose - 315,909 |
Cote d'Ivoire | Abidjan - 3,660,682 |
Croatia | Zagreb - 930,753 |
Cuba | Havana - 2,241,000 |
Cyprus | Nicosia - 186,400 |
Czech Republic | Prague - 1,215,771 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kinshasa - 4,655,313 |
Denmark | Copenhagen - 1,339,395 |
Djibouti | Djibouti - 395,000 |
Dominica | Roseau - 15,853 |
Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo - 2,100,000 |
Ecuador | Quito - 1,500,000 |
Egypt | Cairo - 7,010,000 |
El Salvador | San Salvador - 972,810 |
Equatorial Guinea | Malabo - 30,418 |
Eritrea | Asmara - 400,000 |
Estonia | Tallinn - 471,608 |
Ethiopia | Addis Ababa - 2,200,186 |
Federated States of Micronesia | Palikir |
Fiji | Suva - 200,000 |
Finland | Helsinki - 515,765 |
France | Paris - 2,144,700 |
Gabon | Libreville - 419,596 |
Georgia | Tbilisi - 1,279,000 |
Germany | Berlin - 3,471,418 |
Ghana | Accra - 1,970,400 |
Greece | Athens - 745,514 |
Grenada | St. George's - 4,439 |
Guatemala | Guatemala City - 1,150,452 |
Guinea | Conakry - 1,508,000 |
Guinea-Bissau | Bissau - 200,000 |
Guyana | Georgetown - 248,500 |
Haiti | Port-au-Prince - 1,500,000 |
Honduras | Tegucigalpa - 1,500,000 |
Hungary | Budapest - 2,008,546 |
Iceland | Reykjavik - 103,036 |
India | Mumbai - 11,914,398 |
Indonesia | Jakarta - 9,160,500 |
Iran | Tehran - 7,160,094 |
Iraq | Baghdad - 5,772,000 |
Ireland | Dublin - 495,781 |
Israel | Jerusalem - 704,900 |
Italy | Rome - 2,693,383 |
Jamaica | Kingston - 104,000 |
Japan | Tokyo - 12,527,115 |
Jordan | Amman - 963,490 |
Kazakhstan | Almaty - 1,185,900 |
Kenya | Nairobi - 2,000,000 |
Kiribati | Tarawa - 25,154 |
Kuwait | Kuwait City - 151,060 |
Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek - 631,000 |
Laos | Vientiane - 442,000 |
Latvia | Riga - 874,000 |
Lebanon | Beirut - 1,100,000 |
Lesotho | Maseru - 170,000, |
Liberia | Monrovia - 1,000,000 |
Libya | Tripoli - 495,781 |
Liechtenstein | Vaduz - 5,067 |
Lithuania | Vilnius - 590,100 |
Luxembourg | Luxembourg - 75,622 |
Madagascar | Antananarivo - 1,000,000 |
Malawi | Lilongwe - 260,000 |
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur - 1,145,000 |
Maldives | Male - 62,973 |
Mali | Bamako - 746,000 |
Malta | Valletta - 9,183 |
Marshall Islands | Majuro - 20,000 |
Mauritania | Nouakchott - 480,000 |
Mauritius | Port Louis - 134,516 |
Mexico | Mexico City - 8,735,400 |
Moldova | Chisinau - 676,700 |
Monaco | Monaco - 30,400 |
Mongolia | Ulan Bator - 619,000 |
Morocco | Casablanca - 2,950,000 |
Mozambique | Maputo - 1,095,300 |
Namibia | Windhoek - 161,000 |
Nauru | Yaren District - 1,100 |
Nepal | Kathmandu - 535,000 |
Netherlands | Amsterdam - 724,096 |
New Zealand | Auckland - 1,241,800 |
Nicaragua | Managua - 974,000 |
Niger | Niamey - 398,265 |
Nigeria | Lagos - (est. 10,000,000 to 15,000,000) |
North Korea | Pyongyang - 2,741,260 |
Norway | Oslo - 483,401 |
Oman | Muscat - 350,000 |
Pakistan | Karachi - 11,969,284 |
Palau | Koror - 12,299 |
Panama | Panama City - 450,668 |
Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby - 250,000 |
Paraguay | Asuncion - 502,426 |
Peru | Lima - 5,681,941 |
Philippines | Quezon City - 2,173,831 |
Poland | Warsaw - 1,642,700 |
Portugal | Lisbon - 677,790 |
Qatar | Doha - 300,000 |
Romania | Bucharest - 2,351,000 |
Russia | Moscow - 10,415,400 |
Rwanda | Kigali - 851,024 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre - 19,000 |
Saint Lucia | Castries - 13,600 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown - 15,466 |
Samoa | Apia - 32,859 |
San Marino | San Marino - 2,397 |
Sao Tome and Principe | Sao Tome - 43,420 |
Saudi Arabia | Riyadh - 4,700,000 |
Senegal | Dakar - 1,729,823 |
Serbia and Montenegro | Belgrade - 1,168,454 |
Seychelles | Victoria - 25,000 |
Sierra Leone | Freetown - 1,300,000 |
Singapore | Singapore - 3,044,000 |
Slovakia | Bratislava - 446,600 |
Slovenia | Ljubljana - 330,000 |
Solomon Islands | Honiara - 35,288 |
Somalia | Mogadishu - (est. 1,500,000 to 3,000,000) |
South Africa | Johannesburg - 3,225,812 |
South Korea | Seoul - 10,231,217 |
Spain | Madrid - 2,947,228 |
Sri Lanka | Colombo - 1,994,000 |
Sudan | Omdurman - (est. 4,000,000) |
Suriname | Paramaribo - 200,970 |
Swaziland | Mbabane - 47,020 |
Sweden | Stockholm - 703,627 |
Switzerland | Zürich - 366,145 |
Syria | Damascus - 1,549,932 |
Taiwan | Taipei - 2,643,439 |
Tajikistan | Dushanbe - 524,000 |
Tanzania | Dar es Salaam - 1,360,850 |
Thailand | Bangkok - 5,882,000 |
The Bahamas | Nassau - 171,542 |
The Gambia | Banjul - 44,188, |
Togo | Lome - 366,476 |
Tonga | Nuku'alofa - 34,000 |
Trinidad and Tobago | Port-of-Spain - 52,451 |
Tunisia | Tunis - 887,800 |
Turkey | Istanbul - 8,803,468 |
Turkmenistan | Ashgabat - 518,000 |
Tuvalu | Funafuti - 3,839 |
Uganda | Kampala - 773,463 |
Ukraine | Kiev - 2,637,000 |
United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi - 363,432 |
United Kingdom | London - 7,500,000 |
United States | New York City - 8,168,338 |
Uruguay | Montevideo - 1,330,440 |
Uzbekistan | Tashkent - 2,106,000 |
Vanuatu | Port Vila - 26,100 |
Venezuela | Caracas - (Metro area: 5,100,000) |
Vietnam | Hanoi - 3,083,800 |
Western Sahara | El Aaiun - 20,010 |
Yemen | Sana'a - 1,972,011 |
Zambia | Lusaka - 1,391,000 |
Zimbabwe | Harare - 1,184,169 |